Tail sealing apparatus

A system for adhesively bonding a tail of a convolutely wound log of web material to a body of the convolutely wound log of web material, the system comprising:

• a tail identifying system for identifying the presence and position of the tail of the web material, wherein the web material comprises peaks and valleys;
• and
• a nonadhesive phase-change material application apparatus positioned downstream from the tail identifying system to receive the log from the tail identifying system, the nonadhesive phase-change material application apparatus comprising:
• at least one nonadhesive phase-change material reservoir for storing nonadhesive phase-change material in an amorphous phase, wherein the at least one nonadhesive phase-change material reservoir is heated;
• and
• a plurality of nonadhesive phase-change material applicators that are heated, each of the plurality of nonadhesive phase-change material applicators being translatable between a first position and a second position, wherein each of the plurality of nonadhesive phase-change material applicators are submergible into the nonadhesive phase-change material in the first position, wherein each of the plurality of nonadhesive phase-change material applicators are configured to contact an exterior portion of the tail of the web material in the second position such that a sufficient number of bonding sites exist on the peaks of the web material to bond the tail to the body of the convolutely wound log of web material, and wherein each of the plurality of nonadhesive phase-change material applicators defines a cavity for carrying nonadhesive phase-change material during translation from the first position to the second position.